It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence!

Mad Max: Fury Road — 3.5/5 (rewatch)

I think this is a movie I keep watching because it is both entertaining and because I keep wanting to like it more than I do. It's certainly fun. It's one of those movies that sustains because it's got a lot of great images. Max tied to the front of the car. Furiosa's grease-stained forehead. The dry lips of the War Boys. Immortan Joe. It's got all these great sketches come to life. But I'm not sure they ever stop being a sketch. The wheels of the movie are moving so fast that you don't notice that they're these faint outlines of characters, as seen through dust. The actors breathe life into those outlines, as much as they can. There is the hint of a larger world inside them. There is certainly a director's eye at play throughout; a world-builder. But I don't know that it makes me feel anymore more than excitement. As if that's such a bad thing.